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Publication date: 11 July 2020

Yui Kawasaki, Rie Akamatsu, Mika Omori, Masumi Sugawara, Yoko Yamazaki, Satoko Matsumoto, Yoko Fujiwara, Shigeru Iwakabe and Tetsuyuki Kobayashi

To develop and validate the Expanded Mindful Eating Scale (EMES), an expanded mindful eating model created for the promotion of health and sustainability.

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Abstract

Purpose

To develop and validate the Expanded Mindful Eating Scale (EMES), an expanded mindful eating model created for the promotion of health and sustainability.

Design/methodology/approach

A cross-sectional study using self-administered questionnaire surveys on Ochanomizu Health Study (OHS) was conducted. The survey was provided to 1,388 female university students in Tokyo, Japan. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and a partial correlation analysis were used to confirm construct and criterion validity. Internal consistency of the EMES was confirmed to calculate Cronbach's alpha.

Findings

The response rate was 38.7 % (n = 537). Mean BMI was 20.21 ± 2.12, and 18.8% of them were classified as “lean” (BMI < 18.5). The authors listed 25 items and obtained a final factor structure of five factors and 20 items, as a result of EFA. Through CFA, the authors obtained the following fit indices for a final model: GFI = 0.914, AGFI = 0.890, CFI = 0.870 and RMSEA = 0.061. The total EMES score was significantly correlated with BMI, mindfulness, body dissatisfaction, drive for thinness and life satisfaction (r = −0.138, −0.315, −0.339, −0.281 and 0.149, p < 0.01, respectively). Cronbach's alpha for all items in this scale was 0.687.

Practical implications

The authors suggest the possibility that practitioners and researchers of mindful eating that includes this new concept can use authors’ novel scale as an effective measurement tool.

Originality/value

The EMES, which can multidimensionally measure the concept of the expanded model of mindful eating was first developed in this study.

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International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, vol. 33 no. 4/5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0952-6862

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Publication date: 6 August 2013

Satoko Suzuki and Kosuke Takemura

To explore and examine cultural differences in the consumer attitudes toward social media.

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Purpose

To explore and examine cultural differences in the consumer attitudes toward social media.

Methodology/approach

Internet survey.

Findings

The influence of culture toward the consumer attitudes in social media may be less salient compared with other consumer behaviors.

Research limitations/implications

This study is exploratory in nature.

Practical implications

To encourage managers to revisit the issue of globalization versus localization, particularly in the domain of social media.

Originality/value of paper

This study is one of the first attempts in exploring cultural differences in the consumer behavior of social media.

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Social Media in Strategic Management
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-78190-898-3

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